Depression hates a moving target
Stay productive, effective, and don't stop moving
There’s a book on the subject, and it’s out there as a motivational concept—though I suspect most people arrive there by accident rather than design.
The most apt analogy I’ve come back to is: a baby laughs when it’s happy, cries when sad, but never stops moving. The first two we know—in the moment, allow yourself laughter, and allow yourself sadness. Both are honest. Then the moving part.
Staying productive is a sure way of fighting off the dreaded D word. Find something, anything, preferably repeatable. Just do it, over and over. The dogged D despises a moving target. Keep moving.
A favourite film highlights the virtues of remaining effective. Darkest Hour — 2017 — a historical drama logging the political crisis surrounding Winston Churchill’s appointment as British Prime Minister in 1940. Churchill’s unyielding resolve defied the odds and changed the course of World War II. He was famously complex, restless, and difficult to contain.
And what did he do after delivering peace to Europe? Mr. Churchill laid 200 bricks a day for as long as he could.
He kept moving.
Nick
